Improvement in rail wat car-coupling



JOHNSON. 0dr Coupling.

N0,1 O6,367. Patented Aug, 16. 1870.

NPEIEAS. PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER,WASHINGTON, D. C.

JOHN H. JOHNSON, OF DRESDEN, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 106,367, dated August 16, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY GAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom may concern Be it known that I, JoHNH. Jonnsow, of Dresden, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and improved Oar-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, refer ence beiug had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view, partlv in section, of my improved car-cou ')ling. 4

Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Figure 3.is a detail plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a corn ling for railroad cars whereby the inconvenient links and the necessity of handlingthe same can be dis pcnsed with.

The invention consists in making tlie'coupling-- boxes or main draw-heads serve the purposes of links, so that those of the two cars can be looked together by means ofa horizontal coupling-pin dropped in from- The same is secured to the car by suitable means, and'may have springs interposed between it and the frame-work of the car, to be made elastic.

The outervend of the" draw-head has two or more forward-projecting ears, 0 a, which are transversely grooved or notched on their upper sides, and rounded at their ends, as shown. 7

The ears a, on the two draw-heads of two cars, will,

when said cars are pushed together, fit alongside each other in the manner clearly shown in fig. 3, so that the notches in their upper edges constitute one single which the pin B will drop of its own accord.

For uucoupling,the pin is elevated by means oi a suitable lever, D, attached to the bar 0.

Having thus described my. invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 7 1; The coupling-pin B, in combination with the grooved or notched ears (6 of the draw-heads A, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The coupling-pin B, combined with the spring I), and with the notched ears c of the draw-heads, for the purpose of operating substantially as herein shown and described.

' JOHN H. JOHNSON. Witn esses 11.1}. MoOLUNEY, I 13.1%,, BUTTERFIELD. 

